Boston Breakers Unveil 2010 Schedule; Tickets On Sale February 24

The Boston Breakers and Women’s Professional Soccer unveiled its 2010 regular-season schedule, a slate that sees each of the eight teams playing a 24-game schedule, with 12 home and 12 away matches beginning April 10 and ending September 12.
 
The Breakers will be featured on WPS’ broadcast partner, Fox Soccer Channel on six occasions, three times at home and three on the road, as part of FSC’s weekly “WPS Sunday on FSC” telecast. The team’s regional broadcast schedule will be announced in the near future.

The Breakers will face FC Gold Pride (Bay Area, CA), Philadelphia Independence, and Sky Blue FC (NJ) four times each during the regular season, and the remaining four clubs three times each. Games will primarily be played on weekends, although the Breakers will have two Wednesday night games with a July 21 match against FC Gold Pride as the only Wednesday at home. The hope is that the reduction in weekday games will help attendance.

After opening the season on the road against the Washington Freedom on April 10, the Boston Breakers will play their home opener on April 18 against the Philadelphia Independence, a 2010 WPS expansion team. 

Among the schedules other highlights, the Breakers will travel to defending WPS champion Sky Blue FC on May 29 before playing them at Harvard Stadium on June 13 and August 15. 

The Breakers make their first-ever visit to Atlanta to face new league entrant the Atlanta Beat on August 7 in Kennesaw, GA, the home of the first new stadium build specifically for WPS. Prior to a three-game road trip to close out the 2010 regular season, the Breakers will cap the team’s home slate on August 21 against the Atlanta Beat.

The 2010 WPS schedule features one bye weekend, May 22-23 for national team commitments and 2011 Women’s World Cup qualifying games.

With the release of the 2010 schedule, Boston Breakers family four packs and single game tickets will go on sale for all home games on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 9:00 a.m.  Single game ticket prices range from $15, $20 and $27 and four packs begin at just $69.  The Breakers will be running a “Boot Up for 2010” sales promotion on the opening day of single-game sales on Wednesday, Feb. 24, between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. 

Every 10th ticket order during the Boot Up promotion will receive an autographed PUMA cleat signed by a 2010 Breakers player of the customer’s choice. Tickets will be available over the phone at 781-251-2100 and online at www.bostonbreakers.com.  Fans who purchase online will be able to print their tickets at home.

In addition, Breakers group tickets are now on sale for all home games.  All groups of 20 of more fans are able to enjoy discounted ticket prices, with savings ranging from $5 - $7 per seat.  In addition, the Breakers will offer two half-price group nights in 2010, with group seats starting as low as $5 each.  Half-price group nights will be on Sunday, July 18, against the Washington Freedom and Sunday, August 15, against Sky Blue FC.  Call the Breakers ticket department at 781-251-2100 for group sales information.

Are You In for 2010? Boston Breakers Memberships – which include tickets to all 12 regular-season home games are on sale now.  Call 781-251-2100 or visit bostonbreakers.com for more information.

2010 BOSTON BREAKERS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

APRIL

Sat. 10 at Washington Freedom (Boyds, MD) 7:00 p.m.

*Sun. 18 vs Philadelphia Independence (Cambridge, MA) 6:00 p.m.

*Sun. 25 at Saint Louis Athletica (Fenton, MO) 6:00 p.m.


MAY

Sat. 1 vs Chicago Red Stars (Cambridge, MA) 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 8 at Washington Freedom (Boyds, MD) 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 14 vs FC Gold Pride (Cambridge, MA) 7:30 p.m.

Sat. 29 at Sky Blue FC (Piscataway, NJ) 7:00 p.m.

JUNE

Sat. 5 vs Saint Louis Athletica (Cambridge, MA) 6:00 p.m.

Sun. 13 vs Sky Blue FC (Cambridge, MA) 4:00 p.m.

Sat. 19 at FC Gold Pride (East Bay, CA) 10:00 p.m.

Fri. 25 vs Chicago Red Stars (Cambridge, MA) 7:30 p.m.


JULY

Sun. 4 at Philadelphia Independence (West Chester, PA) 4:00 p.m.

Sun. 11 vs Atlanta Beat (Cambridge, MA) 4:00 p.m.

*Sun. 18 vs Washington Freedom (Cambridge, MA) 5:00 p.m.

Wed. 21 vs FC Gold Pride (East Bay, CA) 7:00 p.m.

Sun. 25 at Chicago Red Stars (Bridgeview, IL) 4:00 p.m.

Sat. 31 vs Philadelphia Independence (Cambridge, MA) 6:00 p.m.


AUGUST

Sat. 7 at Atlanta Beat (Kennesaw, GA) 7:00 p.m.

Wed. 11 at Saint Louis Athletica (Fenton, MO) 8:10

*Sun. 15 vs Sky Blue FC (Cambridge, MA) 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 21 vs Atlanta Beat (Home – site TBD) TBD

*Sun. 29 at Philadelphia Independence (West Chester, PA) 6:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

*Sun. 5 at FC Gold Pride (East Bay, CA) TBD

Sun. 12 at Sky Blue FC (Piscataway, NJ) 7:00 p.m.

All times are Eastern Standard.  Schedule subject to change.  Home matches are played at Harvard Stadium unless otherwise noted.

*Fox Soccer Channel Games

About Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS)

Headquartered in San Francisco, Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) is the world’s premier soccer league for women with eight teams across the United States featuring the best players from around the world. WPS completed its inaugural season in August 2009 as Sky Blue FC of New Jersey became the first-ever WPS Champions.

In 2010, eight teams will each play 24-game schedules from April 10-September 12 including six original WPS teams—Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, FC Gold Pride (Bay Area), Saint Louis Athletica, Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY), and Washington Freedom – and two expansion teams Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence. The top four finishers in the regular season will qualify for the 2010 WPS Playoffs scheduled for September 19-26. For more information, visit the WPS official website at www.womensprosoccer.com or follow all the news at www.twitter.com/womensprosoccer.

The information for the previous story was furnished by a press release from
Erica Hunt, Boston Breakers Director of Communication.